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100-year-old 'juvenile' Greenland shark died from meningitis
A century-old Greenland shark found washed up on a Cornish beach died of meningitis, a post mortem has found.
The Greenland shark is incredibly rare and can live to over 400 years old and the female found just outside Newlyn Harbour in mid-March is still considered a "juvenile" by marine biologists.
Very little is known about the species, they usually live over 2.5km below the surface of the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans, and the autopsy is thought to be the first of its kind undertaken in the UK.
Measuring 3.96m long, the shark had damage to her fins and silt in her stomach, suggesting she may have been alive when she stranded.
https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2022/0408/1291114-100-year-old-greenland-shark-died-from-meningitis/